Danville is hoping that by agreeing to spend 2.5 million dollars, the city can get a federal grant of 12.5 million dollars for street work. The City Council Tuesday approved applying for a Safe Streets and Road Grant. The work to be done is based on the recent Danville Area Transportation Study.
City engineer Sam Cole if the grant is received, it would mean street projects throughout the city.
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The project is a joint effort with Vermilion county. The county would also have a match for any work it does.
An engineering agreement for improvements of East Voorhees from Griffin to Michigan Avenue was also approved. Danville agreed to pay its 20 percent match of the project which is expected to cost 760 thousand dollars.
A project along East Williams Street is going to be slowed up. The city recently reached a grant agreement with the state on a pavement patching and overlay on portions of Williams. However, Cole says the city only received one bid, and it was way over estimates.
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The council also okayed a 254 thousand dollar agreement for engineering services for a downtown sanitary sewer bid. The services will include televising and cleaning, manhole inspections, smoke testing, dye water flooding and renovation recommendations.
